Interpol Issues Security Alert on Prison Breaks

Police Agency Says al Qaeda Suspected in Escapes

PARIS—The international police agency Interpol Saturday issued a global security alert following a series of prison escapes in which it suspects al Qaeda to be involved.

Interpol said there has been a series of prison escapes across nine Interpol member countries in the past month alone, including in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan. The police agency called on its member states to help them determine whether these breakouts were coordinated...